Finally finished my Knight Rider 300ZX (LOTS OF PICS)

[Jumpman_Z]

I've been working on this one since July. It's not really styled after Knight Rider, it just came out looking that way. Most of you probably don't remember, but I posted the finished interior and body a few months ago.

If you're wondering why the front looks different, it's because I flipped the bumber upside down. It was the easiest thing to do, since I'm not skilled enough yet to make my own aero kits. I also, changed the front fascia by adding a piece of plastic on top of it. The interior was painted flat black and plastikote sky blue (I think), and I painted over it with dull-coat, to get the resemblane of the leather seat covers on www.ztoyz.net. The Z emblem was made from Testors chrome foil.































Whew, glad to have this model finished. I got the 350Z model Saturday, so I guess my next project will be to build a replica of my car. Anyone know of some wheels that look like the Rays Engineering ones on the track 350Z?

[Jumpman_Z]

Oh yeah, the Fujimi kit doesn't have an engine, and I really wanted to show off the VG30DETT, so I had to cut the hood off, and put in one from a diecast 300ZX model. I won't miss it, that model really sucked.

[tonioseven]

There's always room for a Z! Great work!!

[maxhogblom]

nice work on that!!

[primera man]

Sweet looking job !!

[RyanGiorgio]

Great Job! Love the interior and engine choice.

[maxhogblom]

BTW, Awesome Z in ur sig!!! :sun: :smoka:

[fastlife]

Is the exhaust upside down? What chrome paint did you use on the engine?

[Midnight Racer]

Looks amazing.It may have taken a while but it looks great.

[Jumpman_Z]

Thanks for the compliments on the model, everyone. It probably wouldn't have taken so long if I didn't have to wait for the wheels to come in. Plus, school has taken away a lot of my modeling time.

Is the exhaust upside down? What chrome paint did you use on the engine?

I cut the exhaust pipes off a broken Lamboghini Diablo model. I think I they may be upside down, because I remember having to turn them a certain angle so that they wouldn't point down. For the chrome on the engine, I used testors 1290 Chrome spray enamel. For the blue valve cover, I placed a piece of Testors chrome foil on it, and painted over it with Testors transparent blue.

[RX7FD]

Nice car, very well done, and you have a hell of a lot of shoes there

[Suislide]

nice job on the Z! looks awesome in evil black ! i especially like the Lego road baseboard that you photographed it on! lol. nice work and good idea for the engine! btw, you're one lucky bastard to have a real 350Z!! take me for a drive sometime...lol.

[tenzoracerevovii]

yea good job man. i think i remember you posting on here. i just remembered the part about the front bumper. everyone here was like......whhhhaaaat the hell.....hahaha......turned out pretty good though. and i REALLY like your car..........your 1:1 one.......that car is really cool......

[mhpspeed]

Thats tite, I love 300zx's Im most likely getting opne when turn 16 ( i know a guy that has a 96 that is selling it in a couple years) the only bad thing is it oisnt a twin turbo but if it was the insureance would be really high for me. That extrior color looks different like its got silver in it doese it?

[Jumpman_Z]

you have a hell of a lot of shoes there

Yeah, that's one of my other hobbies. I'm not the only one either, just check out niketalk.com or my site, jumpmankicks.com.

Thats tite, I love 300zx's Im most likely getting opne when turn 16 ( i know a guy that has a 96 that is selling it in a couple years) the only bad thing is it oisnt a twin turbo but if it was the insureance would be really high for me. That extrior color looks different like its got silver in it doese it?

Yeah, I love the 300ZX. That's what I wanted, but they're impossible to find in my area at a reasonable price. I saw a guy in a black twin turbo flying down the road tonight. I'm pretty sure it's the same guy that burned out on me at the stop sign last summer when I was in my mom's 280ZX. I would have loved to have gotten revenge on him tonight, but I wasn't in my car, and he'd probably smoke me since I can't shift all that good yet. I probably would've gotten a ticket, too.

Yeah, the paint does have silver speckles in it. It's Testors black metallic pearl. I love the paint, but it bubbles up so easily. I had to repaint the body three times, because it kept messing up. It was so frustrating, I almost gave up on the model. You can't see it, but the paint still has some holes in it. I love the paint, but next time I paint a model black, I'll use Tamiya paint, or something else.

nice job on the Z! looks awesome in evil black ! i especially like the Lego road baseboard that you photographed it on! lol. nice work and good idea for the engine! btw, you're one lucky bastard to have a real 350Z!! take me for a drive sometime...lol.

Yeah, I try to use the Lego road everytime I take pics of a model. I more pieces, and maybe one day, I'll use them to make a drifting scene when I finish my Initial D RX-7 FC3S. Thanks for the compliments on the car.